unit 28 wilderness bear hunt

I am planning on a doing my first bear hunt this coming spring in Idahos unit 28. I would like to do a spot and stalk due to me living in Utah and maintaining bait on week to week basis would be very costly in travel expenses. Being a non resident I have the opportunity to buy the reduced tags in the wilderness areas.

I am not asking for any honey holes that people may hunt. I am looking for any information on a direction to go or places to start from.

Also If 28 is not an ideal place to find bear I would be open to hunting units 26,27, and or 29.

In advance thank you for any help.

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Good luck in your hunt. My first bear hunt was in that area many years ago. I can't be specific on areas, only because I can't quite remember........but my advice would be to find a great area to glass, where you can see a lot of country. Bring a good spotter, and then be prepared to work into shooting range quickly. For me, I ended up finding and killing my bear early in the morning. I know many have better luck in the evening though. I saw most bears working their way across shale slides, lifting up the rocks and eating something under there....moths, grubs, maybe? Spot and stalk bear hunts can be fun, and wish you lots of luck. I think there are plenty of bears in the area. Good luck

I would look at unit 39. More bears than just about anywhere in the state and a lot more friendly country/more access for May bear hunting. I'm happy to point you to some spots if you decide you're interested in 39. I have had very limited time to hunt bears the last two years but seen bears every day that I've hunted.

You'll want to focus on the third week of May or so. The Middle Fork Zone, maybe the Salmon Zone too, lets you hunt into June. I think that they are still pretty active the first couple weeks.

It's all about finding greenery and spot and stalk can be really successful with lots of glassing.

I would stick to your plan in 28. The highest bear densities seem to be near river systems. Focus in a particular drainage.